The media's eyes might be on the results coming out of the Iowa caucus, but readers of Rent Free will know that the real news (housing news) is happening elsewhere. This week's stories include:
- Two major housing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court could determine what kinds of fees cities can slap on new housing and when they can fine the homeless for sleeping on public property.
- Pro-supply housing reformers are ditching big, do-it-all-at-once omnibus bills in favor of smaller, more focused legislation. Does this signal smaller YIMBY ambitions as well?
- A new paper finds that legalizing more housing doesn't make housing more expensive.
